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It's going to be a beautiful weekend for yard sale shopping.
Avid shoppers should enter our first-ever Daily Press Yard Sale Shop-Off contest, where you can win cash prizes and free stuff, just for bargain shopping! You can find all of the...

Justin Bieber's legal troubles were the talk of the nation Thursday, so much so that a radio station far away from the scene of the alleged crimes decided to weigh in by booting Bieber's music off its playlist. Norfolk-based WNVZ-FM (104.5) announced...

HAMPTON – Two-year-old Sariah Winston is a bubbly toddler with a smile that is nearly irresistible.
She loves Dora the Explorer, Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax," and playing ball with her father, Michael Winston.
Watching her joyful activity doesn't...

North Carolina country singer and "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery will headline this year's Winterblast country music festival Jan. 25 at Hampton Coliseum. Tickets are on sale today.
The rest of the Winterblast lineup features Drake...

Eric Worden, veteran DJ and radio personality at Bob-FM, has left that station to take over as morning host for The Tide's south Hampton Roads broadcast.
Worden, 52, worked his last shift at Bob-FM, also known as WNOB-FM (93.7), today. He is expected...

Radio, like the newspaper business, is a rapidly shifting landscape. So, it's comforting to hear familiar voices as you flip around the dial. Here are five of my favorite broadcast DJs in Hampton Roads.
Thankfully, computers don't completely control...

In a move that promises to bring adult-oriented rock radio back to all of Hampton Roads, the company that owns WTYD-FM in Williamsburg is buying WXTG-FM (102.1) and thereby expanding its signal throughout the region.
The company Local Voice Media...

"People ask me what happened," said James Steele, who ended a 6-year run at 96X, WROX-FM (96.1) on April 22. "I tell them, 'Radio happened.'" Steele lost his job as program director despite some stunning successes.
He led a team...

Want to put a little Weezy in your summer? Folks at Farm Bureau Live amphitheater in Virginia Beach want to help you out. The America's Most Wanted Festival will play the shed and tickets go on sale this week.
Lil Wayne will be joined by T.I. and 2...

The Norfolk Tides announced Monday that SKY-4 will broadcast Friday home games during the 2013 season, starting April 5 against Durham.
The Tides are the Baltimore Orioles' Triple-A affliate
Games also will be broadcast on 94.1FM.
The complete...

The Gloucester "Meet the Press" forum sponsored by the Middle Peninsula League of Voters that was scheduled to be held Friday has been canceled.
A spokeswoman for MidPenVote said the potential for inclement weather prompted the cancellation...

Remember the Hampton Hayride? It was an entertaining, loose-and-lively Americana music revue that took place at the Hampton Taphouse not so long ago. Well, it's back under a different name: The 'Merican Radio Show.
Happening Friday, Jan. 4, at the very...

Tonight's Winter Meltdown festival featuring Fun., Silversun Pickups, Of Monsters and Men, is sold out, folks at WROX-FM (96.1) have announced.
The festival begins at 3:45 p.m. at the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk.
James Steele of the radio station...

HAMPTON — Thousands of dollars have slowly bled out of a checking account created for an undercover cigarette operation that was shut down by the Hampton Police more than nine months ago.
Blue Water Tobacco, a sting company designed to go after...

Thirty-plus years ago, Harrisonburg was the quintessential “sleepy college town.” The Nighthawks played the occasional gig at The Elbow Room, Gus grilled irresistible chili dogs at Jess’ Quick Lunch, and James Madison University emerged from its former...

For many music lovers, the cloud is proving to be a heavenly — yet also strange — place to dwell.Music streaming services such as Rhapsody, Pandora and the celebrated Spotify have caused the industry's biggest revolution since the debut of Apple's iPod...

No one blockbuster event stood out in the year that's ending, but Hampton Roads experienced a strong year of music and theater.The economy improved just a hair so that audience members felt a little more comfortable dipping into their wallets. The...